Toy car



R. U. BAILEY.

TOY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28. I919.

Patented. Mar. 9, 1920*.

QM 259A Gum/Mug posed bolster piece or member 3 supported by a centrally arranged front l RICHARD U. arter, OF-SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. snmvirr counrvw TOY CAR.

Application filed April 28, 1919. Serial Na 293,39

To all whom it may concern. I

Be it known that I, RICHARD U. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Springfield Tp., county of Summit, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in .Toy Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a toy car.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction 'of toy cars for children, and to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive childs car of strong and durable construction designed for use similar to anordinary kiddy car and equipped with means for causing the car when propelled to rock from side to side thereby affording increased amusement and increasing the attractiveness of the toy.

With these and other objects in view. the inventionconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of. parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended,- it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without sacrificing any of the advantages or departing from the spirit of the invention.

7 Iii'the drawing;.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a toy car constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the car.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which .is

illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the toy car comprises a frame or body 1 preferably composed of a top hori zontal seat board 2 and a rear vertically diswhich is brace 4a The centrally arranged brace i is located in advance of the bolstermember 3 and is approximately triangular as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing to fit the under side of the seat board 2 and the bolster member 3 and is secured to the same by screws or other suitable fastening devices. The seat piece 2 which may be of any desired configuration, is preferably reduced at its front portion 5 as illustated in Fig. 1 of-the drawing, and the said front portion 5 is supported by Specification of Letters Patent.

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a vertical pivoted fork 6' having an upper rounded bearing portion 7 which "is joui= naled in a suitable opening 8 in the reduced front portion 5 of the seat board or member 2. The front fork 6 is preferably bifurcated at its lower portion 9 and is provided with suitable bearings for a front shaft or axle 10 on. which is centrally mounted a front wheel 11. The front fork is provided at its upper portion with suitable stops 12 located at the upper and lower faces of the reduced front portion of the seat board or member and the said front fork which is also equipped at its upper end with a suitable handle 13 is adapted to rotate in the bearing opening 8 for guiding the toy car. The body wheels, front fork and other parts are preferably constructed of'wood with the exception of the fastening devices, the axles and the bearings, but it will bereadily understood that any suitable material may be employed in the construction of the toy car, and that the latter may be made in various sizes for the use of children of different ages.

The rear bolster member 3 is provided at the lower end with suitable bearings 14. for the receptionof a rear axle 15 and the upper end of the bolster member 3 is suitably se cured to the rear portion of the seat board or member .2 of the body. The lower end of the bolster member. is preferably grooved at 16 to receive the rear axle 15 which projects laterally from the said bolster member 3 and the bearings 'lt may consist of any suitable fastening means.

The extended ends of the rear axle 15 are arranged in eccentrica-lly arranged bearing openings 17 of rear wheels 18 and are provided with suitable heads 19 for retaining the rear wheels on the rear axle. The bearing openings of the wheels may be lined or planed as desired and the heads 19 may consist of any suitablefastening means. The bearing openings 17 are arranged a short distance off center preferably one-half inch or less for causing the toy car to rock laterally from'side to side as the car is propelled What is claimed is I A to cap compfising a body; a front wheel pivotal ymounted at the front end thereof; means fer -'controlling the pivotal "motienf' .of seid 'f-ronlt'uwheel; a vertical bolster rigidly v nt d ithe nd"; ii -X16 bearings formedi upon the lower end 6;? thebolster;

. an axlejlournaled in said-bearings; awheel rigidly and. eccentrici'agllyzgincu ted on each wheel, "so

exteniled end cf the axle, thi'ough points ofi 1c centerand oppositelypositioned as to each as to impart a, side swing'to the vehicle and which side swihg is accentuated by the i ertical height of the bolster.

RICHARD U. BAILEY. Witfie'sses:

' Q. J. SWINEHART,

L. E. BAILEY. 

